Port Isaac Academy
Mayfield Road, Port Isaac, PL29 3RT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CORNWALL EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Luxford
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Cornwall Education Learning Trust
- Constituency
- North Cornwall
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 72
- Pupils on roll
- 52
- URN
- 149681
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01208880494
About this school
Port Isaac Academy is a primary academy in Port Isaac. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 52 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Port Isaac Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 44% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | - |
Trends over time
How Port Isaac Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 55 |
| 2024/25 | 53 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Port Isaac Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.4% | 26.5% | 52 | — |
| St Kew Academy | 50% | 5.2% | 16.9% | 81 | 2.5 miles |
| St Teath Community Primary School | 50% | 5.1% | 12.1% | 145 | 3.9 miles |
| St Minver School | 62% | 4.4% | 13.9% | 175 | 4.0 miles |
| Delabole Primary School | 38% | 4.9% | 22.8% | 70 | 4.6 miles |
| Wadebridge Primary Academy | 54% | 5.9% | 26.8% | 373 | 4.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 5 July 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.53%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 7.35%
- Persistent absence
- 12.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Kew Academy2.5 miles
Primary · Bodmin
-
St Teath Community Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Bodmin
-
St Minver School4.0 miles
Primary · Wadebridge
-
Delabole Primary School4.6 miles
Primary · Delabole
-
Wadebridge Primary Academy4.7 miles
Primary · Wadebridge
Common questions
- What ages does Port Isaac Academy teach?
- Port Isaac Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Port Isaac.
- Who is the headteacher of Port Isaac Academy?
- The headteacher of Port Isaac Academy is Mrs Jo Luxford, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Port Isaac Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Port Isaac Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Port Isaac Academy?
- Port Isaac Academy has 52 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Port Isaac Academy full?
- Port Isaac Academy has capacity for 72 pupils and 52 on roll (72%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Port Isaac Academy a faith school?
- No. Port Isaac Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Port Isaac Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Port Isaac Academy as having nursery classes.
- Is Port Isaac Academy part of an academy trust?
- Port Isaac Academy is part of CORNWALL EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Port Isaac Academy's absence rate?
- Port Isaac Academy's overall absence rate is 7.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Port Isaac Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Port Isaac Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.